memorialized

past tense of memorialize
as in commemorated
to be a memorial of at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott

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Recent Examples of memorialized One $10,000 loan, memorialized in a note scribbled in Vietnamese, called for $100 a day in interest. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 The show memorialized Lee in the opening moments of the season 28 premiere with a title card honoring Lee flashing on screen after the new houseguests made their debut on the CBS program. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026 These are framed by an animation of silhouetted figures gathering around the statue in protest, lassoing it with a rope, and then pulling it down—a reenactment of a moment memorialized in a painting by Johannes Oertel that is also on view nearby. Cat Dawson, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2026 Nathanael Greene is buried in Johnson Square in Savannah, Georgia, but he is also memorialized in Rhode Island with a statue outside the State House in Providence. Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026 His name will also be memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 The conflict itself over how to represent slavery, Johnson argued, should eventually be memorialized too. Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 Perhaps because his time in Kansas City was so brief, though, Delaney for a long time wasn’t memorialized visibly here. Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026 Tafari Campbell, the White House sous chef who died of accidental drowning while paddle boarding near the Obamas' Martha's Vineyard home in 2023, is memorialized at the OPC with Tafari's Kitchen, the restaurant on campus. Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memorialized
commemorated
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  • The funeral processions began last Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran and other cities as throngs commemorated the man who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • On Saturday, July 4, the former soccer star, 51, commemorated his 27th wedding anniversary by sharing a series of throwback photos on Instagram.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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“Memorialized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorialized. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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